OPPO foldable phone matching previously leaked design spotted on patent website

OPPO files patent for a foldable phone - is this the one?

As seen in the patent images above, this is what the OPPO's foldable smartphone could look like. The power button and the volume up/down buttons are on the right side of the device. In any case, they could not be accommodated to the left side, as that portion is, well, the device's exterior display. Turns out the smartphone will have an external folding display, much like the Huawei Mate X series.

The device will feature a vertical camera module. While it's too difficult to tell, we can safely assume that it's at least tall enough to fit a trio of lenses. At the top, we can see the device's SIM tray and at the bottom, there's a USB Type-C charging port and the device's speaker.

So far, this is all the information that we have on the brand's upcoming foldable, and while the patent images fall in line with the prototype the company showed to us last year, one year is a lot of time and the final design could even have undergone some changes. It, therefore, is suggested to take things with a slight grain of salt till the time things become officially clear. In any case, we might have just had our first look at OPPO's first foldable smartphone, courtesy of these patent images.